Outspoken Essays on Music (Classic Reprint)
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (613 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 133043773X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 202 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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It was necessary that man should appear on the stage of life before song and subsequently music were forthcoming. Find more at forgottenbooksThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. Why is this P Because music applies to two different arts based on sound, just as painting and engraving have their one common origin in drawing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.. Music therefore is the most plastic, as Well as the young est, of the arts. Excerpt from Outspoken Essays on MusicPrimitive men, the higher they rose in the animal scale of evolution, doubtless modulated their savage cries and discovered singing! Curious to relate, birds sing; whereas the mammalia, for which so grand a future was in store, do not sing
Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)
Camille Saint-Saens contributed to Carnival of the Animals from Henry Holt and Co. (BYR).